The Netherlands
lock of hair of the heroic Lieutenant van Speijk, who in 1831 blew up his ship at Antwerp to preserve the honour of the Dutch tricolour; the clothes worn by William the Silent at the moment of his foul assassination; and a miniature Dutch house, made for Peter the Great, who refused to pay its cost, whereupon its architect, Brandt, presented it to the museum.
In close proximity to The Hague lies the fishing village of Scheveningen, which can be reached from the capital by two roads. The Old Road, or Scheveningsche Weg, was planned by the elder Huygens, the statesman, to enable him to visit his friend the poet Cats at his home among the dunes at Sorgvliet. Scheveningen is a fashionable watering-place, and that description will suffice. The memory of one of its native residents must, however, be rescued from oblivion. Some there are
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